Sweet Accord (Love Inspired #197)

by Felicia Mason

Book Overview

Matt Brandon arrives in a small Oregon town to start over as choir director for a local church. Haley Cartwright is willing to do anything to prevent Matt from making changes to their choir. Though... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373872046
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Steeple Hill
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.8" x 4.0"

Customer Reviews

Refreshing

Finally an inspirational romance that does not use stereotypical romance characters. I felt I could connect more with believable characters. I liked the Mayberry-type town feel. A refreshing Christian romance read. I will look for more by this author.

Sweet harmony strikes a nice mellow chord

Haley Cartwright is a long-term, dedicated member of the Christian Community Church. She loves the traditional music of the services. Though others seem to want to move to modern praise music, Haley believes no musical changes are necessary. Having recognized the need for change and revitalization, the Pastor moves forward in the hiring of a new Musical Director who will revamp the worship service. Former music star Matt Brandon has had enough of chasing fame and fortune. He has escaped to small town Oregon to enjoy a quieter life and to get back to his first true love which is simply making beautiful contemporary music. Matt has lots of ideas about what he'd like to do with the new order of the music service - until he meets a solid brick wall of resistance in Haley. Seeing the sparks that are bouncing between them both in their conflicting musical views and their mutual attraction, the pastor assigns them to strike a musical balance for the church by working together on the revamped music for worship service. Soon, both Haley and Matt are wondering if they will be able to get over their differences for the sake of the congregation. Matt is also wondering if he can get Haley to act upon their obvious mutual attraction. This was a nice Christian romance with quaint touches and a strong chemistry between the lead characters.

Make a Joyful Noise

Felicia Mason combines romance and Christianity in her novel, SWEET ACCORD. Mason introduces the reader to Haley Cartwright, a dedicated and influential member of Community Christian Church who is extremely conservative and is resistant to change. We also meet Matt Brandon who has just been hired as the new musical director of the church. Matt is almost the polar opposite of Haley. They immediately clash on their views of music in the church. To remedy their conflict, they are assigned to work together on a compromise so that all parties are happy. What ensues is more than either of them could have ever imagined.SWEET ACCORD blends love and romance effortlessly. It shows a love of God and also love for our fellow human beings. The characters were well developed but in my opinion they seemed a bit too perfect and almost a cliché. Nonetheless, Felicia Mason has written a novel that both inspires and warms the heart.Reviewed by Latoya Carter-Qawiyy of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

nice

This book is very well written, but it feels very cliched. The town that the main characters live in is so out of the ordinary. They live in a small town where most people get along with others, remember Mayberry from the Andy Griffith Show? That's how this town is. On some levels its hard to relate to the characters, I think that this book is geared towards those raised in the church. If you weren't raised like that, & didn't have a story book life, this might not be appealing. Although I liked reading it, well...I wished that the book was more contemporary. On the plus side, the book is well written, fun, and sentimental.

Be honest

I have enjoyed Sweet Accord as well as Testimony. It gives the understanding of how God would like "all" relationships to be. And reveals the struggles "humans" go through to become perfect. We are never going to be perfect in this world, we are working towards that perfection with the help of God's grace and mercy. Even though some may feel Ms. Mason and others are being hypocrites by writing about both spiritual and worldly situations, the fact of the matter is they both exist. I believe writers have the talent to bring light to what is happening in the world. With the conclusion that there is always hope. I don't feel disappointed in a writer unless the story has no direction. I applaud Ms. Mason and other writers for being couragous enough to be honest. As a Christian now for many, many years, I have learned you can't understand someone unless you look beyond the surface. How can you help if you can't understand their situation and stuggles. Sweet Accord and Testimony both have many good examples of that. I feel Sweet Accord was beautifully written. This will definitely be one to share.